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Yoshiki Yamagata

Yoshiki Yamagata

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
60
Citations
13854
World Ranking
2912
National Ranking
39

Yoshiki Yamagata publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yoshiki Yamagata sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 341 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Yoshiki Yamagata D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yoshiki Yamagata sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yoshiki Yamagata is affiliated with the National Institute for Environmental Studies in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on the intersections of environmental science and engineering, with significant work addressing global and planetary change, environmental engineering, building and construction, automotive engineering, and transportation. These areas collectively contribute to a comprehensive approach to sustainability and urban systems.

Their published work covers a range of topics, including land use and ecosystem services, building energy and comfort optimization, urban heat island mitigation, urban transport and accessibility, electric vehicles and infrastructure, transportation and mobility innovations, and the environmental impacts of energy systems.

Yamagata has authored multiple papers, including notable titles such as:

  • "On the potential of "Photovoltaics + Electric vehicles" for deep decarbonization of Kyoto's power systems: Techno-economic-social considerations" (2020, Applied Energy)
  • "The need for urban form data in spatial modeling of urban carbon emissions in China: A critical review" (2021, Journal of Cleaner Production)
  • "Decision support for retrofitting building envelopes using multi-objective optimization under uncertainties" (2020, Journal of Building Engineering)
  • "Carbon analytics for net-zero emissions sustainable cities" (2021, Nature Sustainability)
  • "Gridded GDP Projections Compatible With the Five SSPs (Shared Socioeconomic Pathways)" (2021, Frontiers in Built Environment)

Their frequent collaborators include Takahiro Yoshida, Daisuke Murakami, Takuro Kobashi, Soowon Chang, and Peraphan Jittrapirom.

Yamagata's work has appeared repeatedly in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), SSRN Electronic Journal, Applied Energy, Journal of Cleaner Production, and Environmental Research Letters. These outlets reflect the interdisciplinary and applied nature of the research, combining environmental science with engineering solutions.

The scientist's research integrates multiple dimensions of sustainability challenges, particularly the optimization and modeling of urban environments and energy systems. Their involvement in topics like urban transport, electric vehicles, and building energy reflects a systems-level understanding of how technological and social innovations can shape future urban sustainability trajectories.

Overall, Yoshiki Yamagata's contributions span 53 publications categorized under environmental science and 50 under engineering, illustrating a balanced focus on both theoretical and practical aspects of environmental research.

Best Publications

  • Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions

    Pete Smith;Steven J. Davis;Felix Creutzig;Sabine Fuss

  • Betting on negative emissions

    Sabine Fuss;Josep G. Canadell;Glen P. Peters;Massimo Tavoni

  • Assessing the impacts of 1.5 °C global warming - simulation protocol of the Inter-Sectoral Impact Model Intercomparison Project (ISIMIP2b)

    Katja Frieler;Stefan Lange;Franziska Piontek;Christopher P. O. Reyer

  • Principles and criteria for assessing urban energy resilience: A literature review

    Ayyoob Sharifi;Yoshiki Yamagata

  • An emission pathway for stabilization at 6 Wm−2 radiative forcing

    Toshihiko Masui;Kenichi Matsumoto;Yasuaki Hijioka;Tsuguki Kinoshita

  • Relationship between urban form and CO2 emissions: Evidence from fifty Japanese cities

    Yasuyo Makido;Shobhakar Dhakal;Yoshiki Yamagata

  • Managing climate risk.

    M. Obersteiner;C. Azar;P. Kauppi;K. Mollersten

  • Landsat analysis of urban growth: How Tokyo became the world's largest megacity during the last 40years

    Hasi Bagan;Yoshiki Yamagata

  • A synopsis of land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) under the Kyoto Protocol and Marrakech Accords

    B. Schlamadinger;N. Bird;T. Johns;T. Johns;S. Brown

  • Analysis of urban growth and estimating population density using satellite images of nighttime lights and land-use and population data.

    Hasi Bagan;Yoshiki Yamagata

  • Factoring out natural and indirect human effects on terrestrial carbon sources and sinks

    Josep G. Canadell;Miko U.F. Kirschbaum;Werner A. Kurz;María José Sanz

  • Estimation of Gridded Population and GDP Scenarios with Spatially Explicit Statistical Downscaling

    Daisuke Murakami;Yoshiki Yamagata

  • Evaluation of spatially explicit emission scenario of land-use change and biomass burning using a process-based biogeochemical model

    Etsushi Kato;Tsuguki Kinoshita;Akihiko Ito;Michio Kawamiya

  • Resilient Urban Planning: Major Principles and Criteria☆

    Ayyoob Sharifi;Yoshiki Yamagata

  • Research priorities for negative emissions

    S Fuss;C D Jones;F Kraxner;G P Peters

  • Simulating a future smart city: An integrated land use-energy model

    Yoshiki Yamagata;Hajime Seya

  • Land-cover change analysis in 50 global cities by using a combination of Landsat data and analysis of grid cells

    Hasi Bagan;Yoshiki Yamagata

  • Global potential for carbon sequestration: Geographical distribution, country risk and policy implications

    Pablo C. Benítez;Ian McCallum;Michael Obersteiner;Yoshiki Yamagata

  • Geographically explicit global modeling of land-use change, carbon sequestration, and biomass supply

    Dmitry Rokityanskiy;Pablo C. Benítez;Florian Kraxner;Ian McCallum

  • Resilience-Oriented Urban Planning

    Ayyoob Sharifi;Yoshiki Yamagata

  • Supplementary Methods and Good Practice Guidance Arising from the Kyoto Protocol

    B. Schlamadinger;K. Boonpragob;H. Janzen;W. Kurz

Frequent Co-Authors

Florian Kraxner
Florian Kraxner International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Michael Obersteiner
Michael Obersteiner University of Oxford
Nobuko Saigusa
Nobuko Saigusa National Institute for Environmental Studies
Sabine Fuss
Sabine Fuss International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Etsushi Kato
Etsushi Kato Institute of Applied Energy
Sylvain Leduc
Sylvain Leduc Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Josep G. Canadell
Josep G. Canadell Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Ian McCallum
Ian McCallum International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Chris D. Jones
Chris D. Jones Met Office
Seita Emori
Seita Emori University of Tokyo

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